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Shikarpur, Barisal District, Barisal Division · 22.8434°, 90.2593°
One of the Shakta pithas, standing at Shikarpur village about ten miles north of Barisal in Bangladesh, where the goddess is worshipped as Sunanda or Ugratara. Shiva-Chaturdashi is its principal annual festival.
What follows is the temple’s own traditional account, transmitted through liturgy and local memory. It is recorded here as tradition, not as attested history.
The site is held to be where the nose of Sati fell when Vishnu's discus dismembered her body as the grieving Shiva carried it.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-28 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Undetermined
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